Neck deep...

As of now, I am completely entrenched into my job as an XO... and on some days, barely getting my head out of the quick sand to take a breath of air. Think it has been about 3 weeks now... I came into the job at one of the clam points, but things picked up pretty quickly, but luckily the storm has temporarily passed for now.

As I have said before, there is nothing about this job that can be equated to rocket science. The biggest thing that causes me to pull out my hair is how the simplest of things hold up the machine from turning its turbines... the Printer not having paper, people not having a key to open a door, a signiture on a memo, a weapon without a case... a simple solution exists for each of these problems- it just dosen't "exist" when it is suppose to "exist" if that makes sense...

However, it is not all that bad. Everyday provides some sort of satisfaction whenever I complete a task... but the tasks come one after another, all happening at the same time. The people I work with, the soldiers in the company- this helps mold my job into something meaningful... rather than not. It is definitely not the same as having my own platoon- but it is closer than some other jobs I can have in this Battalion.

Anyway, only 10 working days til Thanksgiving (not sure what I am going to do yet), and only 24 working days till I head out to California for Chrismas! Germany is getting too F*ing cold for me right now.

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